Nuances in using of "credit as" field

New portion questions about adding video single releases. I have a next description for this recording:

:headphones: Сведение и тюнотайм (mixing and tuning) - Богдан Не (\https://vk.com/bogdannie47)
:headphones: Обработка звука (sound engeenier) - Кабанятина (\https://t.me/Kabanyatina)
:headphones: Перевод (translation) - ‪@daerrry‬
:headphones: Видео (video) - ‪@daerrry‬
:headphones: Обложка (thumbnail) - smilenoir (\https://t.me/NoirSmile)

Commentary: English translations of roles are added by me

How “credited as” field should be filled? Does it include only artist’s name like “smilenoir” or “@daerrry” or role itself also can be included to this field (despite I used “credited as” in artist task, which is another field)?

Which one is correct in my case?

  • smilenoir
  • smilenoir (\https://t.me/NoirSmile)
  • :headphones: Обложка (thumbnail) - smilenoir (\https://t.me/NoirSmile)

And what if descriptions have only links to artists’ profiles and don’t include their names (for instance, “Lyrics: https://example.com”)? Should it be added as a link or as the default artist’s name (if it’s known)? I didn’t think about it before this discourse, but it looks like an interesting question.

It’s pretty standard for free-text credit fields (in my experience on Bandcamp) to include links to artists pages. I would never add them into the artist field though. I don’t believe it’s artist intent to actually be referred to with the url, just that there’s nowhere better to put it.

The “… (thumbnail)” part we also have a better home for, which is in the relationship credit field.

I would put “smilenoir” and add all the other detail in the appropriate places :+1:

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